the highly anticipated lollapalooza recap

It has been so many days since my last post, which really didn't say anything except that the lolla recap was coming. And hey guess what! It is finally here!! I also have a bunch of other news and tidbits, but I will start with lolla, as promised.

The Lollapalooza adventure was a thrown together schlapdash last minute kind of deal. At first I was unsure whether it was even plausible, but I'm not even going to get into all of that except to say that we were running around covering shifts at the last minute and thought that it was possible we may have to go without food if all else fails. But my friend Deb and I made the journey and stayed with my friend Becky. There was only one terrible mishap that I'm not going to talk about, and those of you who know of it should remain mum. We get in Thursday night and are desperately craving beer. We go out with Becky to meet up with her boy and have just a dandy time after we leave the uber packed frat boy bar and head to the irish pub... or whatever it was. All I know is it was much better than being squashed against the wall after a six hour drive.

Anyway, Lollapalooza Day 1 begins with building anticipation AND anxiety. Why, you ask? Because we didn't pre-buy our tickets in the hopes of getting a ticket hookup (which ended up falling through) and so we needed to find 2 3-day passes!! Without going into the details we managed to get them, and at face value which, in my opinion, was a feat. The day is unbearably hot. So hot that you don't have to move and the sweat falls off you in sheets. So hot that it is almost not possible to enjoy the music (almost). But we go inside, get some water, and hit up...

Duffy: Duffy turns out to be very very boring. She was not made for big outdoor festivals. She might be sweet in a more intimate venue and her voice sounded good, but here she sucked it big time. I didn't even like her that much to begin with, but thought she might be cool live. Apparently not. And we were hot...

We beelined it to Perry's where all the djs play and basked in the glorious shaded glen surrounded by the steady beat of the dj's bass. Here we hook up with Deb's friend Nate who was gyrating to the music despite the heat. What a guy! I insta-hearted him :) We head to Gogol Bordello.

Gogol Bordello: THEY EFFING RULED!! This was some crazy crazy gypsy music that of which I'd never heard the likes of before! They lifted me out of my sweating heated up stupor and made me want to run and around and be all crazy-like! I have since listened to their album, and it does not have quite the same energy of the live show, which I was very disappointed about, but should they ever come around to Minneapolis, I am definitely going!! We left early though, to catch some of the Black Keys.

The Black Keys: They sounded good and I like them, but I don't love them so this was just generally good for me.

I think we got some food now before The Raconteurs and chilled at Perry's for a bit.

The Raconteurs: So awesome! Jack Black is a sexy sexy uber talented man, and I am very glad we saw him

This meant, however that we had to dip across the park to see Bloc Party whom I heart heart heart heart heart!

Bloc Party: Bloc Party ruled! Unfortunately I only got to see three songs :(

We chilled at this stage, because up next would be Radiohead!

Radiohead: Radiohead changed my life. They were so utterly amazing. I had really high expectations for them and they blew them out of the water. I was exhausted and they revived me. See my facebook and myspace for vids from them.

And thus ends day 1 Lollapalooza. We were going to go out, but we were too tired and ended up just going to bed. And now I'm tired, day 2 tomorrow... maybe.